Grammar

Present Perfect Tense

Present Perfect Tense I have sungThe present perfect tense is a rather important tense in English, but i t gives speakers of some languages a difficult time. That is because i t uses concepts or ideas that do not exist in those languages. In fact, the structure of the present perfect tense is very simple. The problems come with the use of the tense. In addition, there are some......

Present Continuous Tense I am singing We of ten use the present continuous tense in English. It is very different from the simple present tense, both in structure and in use. In this lesson we look the structure and use of the present continuous tense, followed by a quiz to check your understanding: · Structure: how do we make the present continuous tense? · Use: when and why do we use the present......

Simple Present Tense I singHow do we make the Simple Present Tense? subject + auxiliary verb + main verbdo base There are three important exceptions: 1. For positive sentences, we do not normally use the auxiliary. 2. For the 3rd person singular (he, she, i t), we add s to the main verb or es to the auxiliary. 3. For the verb to be, we do not use an auxiliary, even for questions and negatives.......

Tenses The English Tense SystemThe links below are to lessons for each of the 12 basic tenses. In each lesson we look at two aspects of the tense: · Structure: How do we make the tense?· Use: When and why do we use the tense?Some lessons look at additional aspects, and most of them finish with a quiz to check your understanding. Present TenseI do do, I do Present Continuous......

Check the souund of these words in the dictionary.1. Breath/Breathe in deeply and then out again.2. Suits were usually made of wool cloth/clothe.3. I really loath/loathe the fashion of the 1980s.4. The medicine soothes/sooths the pain of the inflammation.5. The baby‟s teeth/teethe are coming through.HomographsSome examples of homographs: to lead /lɪːd/ lead /led/to read /rɪːd/ ......

-ed suffixThe morpheme -ed of the past tense (or past participle) is also pronounced in three different ways depending on the preceding consonant:ɪd after t and d painted /peɪntɪd/ founded /fɑʊndɪd/wanted /wɒntɪd/ rounded /rɑʊndɪd/t ......

Suffixes-s suffixThe morpheme -s of the 3rd person singular (he works), of the noun plural (books), of the genitive (John‟s) and of the contraction of is or has (he‟s) is pronounced in three different ways depending on the sound of the preceding consonant:ɪz ......

Exercise 15 Circle the word that is pronounced differently from the other three words.1. accident access accommodate accept2. sheep beer field people 3. angry jungle English spring 4. shout ......

UNIT 2 ENGLISH SPELLING AND SOUNDSEnglish spelling is a particular obstacle to non-native speakers. This is due to the fact that during the course of its history it has been influenced by numerous languages, especially by German, Latin, French and the Scandinavian ......

LEARNING ORAL ENGLISH

/s/Apart from the letter „S‟, the /s/ sound can be represented by a number of consonant combinations, which differ in pronunciation from the Italian: psyche, cellar, science, listen.Exercise 13 Tick the words that contain the /s/ sound.1. song 5. face 9. issue 13. disciple 2. Islam 6. city 10. months 14. sugar3. vision 7.......

/w/This sound tends to be pronounced by Italian speakers as /v/.Exercise 10 The teacher will read out the following sentences. Underline the alternative that you hear.1. There was only a little vine / wine left.2. Where is the vest / west?3. I saw a long whale / veil in the distance.4. What was under the wheel / veal?5. Her poetry has become worse / verse. 8/dʒ/When written with a „J‟, Italian ......

Grammar

Present Perfect Tense

Present Continuous Tense

Simple Present Tense

Exercise 18

ENGLISH SPELLING AND SOUNDS

LEARNING ORAL ENGLISH

Oral English

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